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• Rapid Fire | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Rapid Fire was the penultimate film starring Brandon Lee before his untimely death on the set of The Crow. It's a standard martial arts thriller in which Lee plays Jake Lo, a young arts student who witnesses a gangland execution and is unwittingly drawn into a pitched standoff between the mafia, a Chinese drug syndicate and Ryan, a downbeat but resolute Chicago cop (Powers Boothe) determined to nail his prey. With a plot that careens through every genre cliché, Lee's smouldering looks and showy fighting skills carry the film. The martial arts sequences (which Lee co-choreographed) are nicely staged, but given the unusual settings--the penultimate fight takes place in a Chinese laundry--could have been even more inventive. The workmanlike direction by Dwight H Little (Marked for Death, Free Willy 2) fails to inject much into the material. In particular, traumatised by seeing his Special Agent father die in the Tiananmen Square massacre, Jake Lo's attraction to both a corrupt FBI agent and Ryan as surrogate father figures could have been given more resonance given the loss of Brandon Lee's own father at an early age. With hundreds of bloodless deaths, cringe-worthy dialogue and a dated power rock soundtrack, Rapid Fire looks and feels like a TV film. And on that level, at least, it's entertaining. On the DVD: The main feature is presented in letterboxed widescreen. Sound and picture quality are very good. Subtitles are provided for ten languages (Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norweigian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish) and in English for the hard of hearing. Extra features are limited to chapter selection and a theatrical trailer. --Chris Campion

• The Third Wife | Blu Ray | (19/08/2019) from £7.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release Vietnamese period drama, THE THIRD WIFE, director Ash Mayfair's exquisite-looking and critically acclaimed first feature, as part of the MONTAGE PICTURES range in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on 19 August 2019. A winner of the Spike Lee Production Fund, and inspired by the history of director Ash Mayfair's family, The Third Wife is a coming-of-age story; a tale of love and self-discovery in a time when women were rarely given a voice. In the late 19th century in rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May is given away in an arranged marriage and becomes the third wife to her older husband. May learns that she can gain status and security if she gives birth to a male child. This becomes a real possibility when she gets pregnant. However, her path is fraught with danger when May starts to develop an attraction for Xuan, the second wife. As May observes the unfolding tragedy of forbidden love and its devastating consequences, she must make a choice, to either carry on in silence and safety, or forge a way towards personal freedom. 1080p presentation on Blu-ray (with a progressive encode on DVD) Optional English subtitles Theatrical Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by David West, news editor at NEO magazine

• Operation Dumbo Drop | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Danny Glover and Ray Liotta deliver 8 000 lbs. of fun and laughs in Disney's jumbo-sized hit comedy! A seasoned army captain (Glover) is teamed with a hard-nosed officer (Liotta) to conduct the ""biggest"" military manoeuvre ever - to secretly transport a full-grown elephant to a remote and virtually inaccessible jungle village. By land sea and air calamity and chaos prevail upon their hilariously mismatched team of would-be heroes. But with a little luck - and tons of hard work -

• Extreme Dragon | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Martial arts expert Hector Echavarria stars in this action film as Marcos DeSantos, a tough thief who wants to escape his violent occupation. However, his partners aren't eager to let him go....

• The Day Of The Dragon Soldier | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Hector Riviera is a man with a violent past. Once a member of a lethal specail forces unit in the Falklands war he now lives a relatively quiet life with his family. His peace is suddenly shattered when his best friend Tomas is brutally murdered. This tragic event awakens the sleeping monster within him.